This is a list of the Tarzan books according to the appearance of the characters. These character appearances in different books help bind the book's events to specific time periods. This in turn, with other dating tricks, helps supply the unprovided dates to events in a Tarzan Chronology.
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| Tarzan Series |
This 1872 Tarzan chronology list is my personal working list. I only mention the recurring characters. This list is compiled in the order that Edgar Rice Burroughs wrote the stories, not by how they were published. This list is meant to show you which books are bound together by reappearing characters.
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| Tarzan Series |
BOOKS: Tarzan Of The Apes (Part One)
CHARACTERS: Kerchak-Mbonga's village-Chief Mbonga is introduced.
CHARACTERS: Kerchak-Mbonga's village-Chief Mbonga is introduced.
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| Tarzan Of The Apes |
BOOK: Jungle Tales Of Tarzan
CHARACTERS: Kerchak-Mbonga's village-Chief Mbonga
CHARACTERS: Kerchak-Mbonga's village-Chief Mbonga
BOOK: Tarzan Of The Apes (Part Two)
CHARACTERS: Kerchak-Mbonga's village-Chief Mbonga. Jane Porter-Professor Porter-William Cecil Clayton-Esmeralda & Paul d'Arnot are introduced.
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| Tarzan Of The Apes |
BOOK: The Return Of Tarzan
CHARACTERS: Jane-Professor Porter-William Cecil Clayton-Esmeralda-D'Arnot. Nikolas Rokoff-Alexis Paulvitch-Busuli & La are introduced.
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| N.C. Wyeth |
DATE: must occur before the writing date of 1896
BOOK: The Beasts Of Tarzan
CHARACTERS: Jane-Esmeralda-D'Arnot-Busuli-Nicolas Rockoff-Alexis Paulvitch. Akut-Mugambi & John "Jack" Clayton/Korak is introduced.
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| The Beasts Of Tarzan |
BOOK: The Son Of Tarzan
CHARACTERS: Jane-D'Arnot-Busuli-Mugambi-Korak-Nicolas Rockoff-Alexis Paulvitich-Akut-Tarzan's African estate. Jervis-Muviri-Meriem is introduced.
BOOK: Tarzan And The Jewels Of Opar
CHARACTERS: Jane-Busuli-Mugambi-Waziri warriors-Jervis-La.
CHARACTERS: Jane-Busuli-Mugambi-Waziri warriors-Jervis-La.
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| Tarzan And The Jewels Of Opar |
BOOK: Tarzan The Untamed
CHARACTERS: Jane-Waziri warriors-Tarzan's African estate. Chief Muviro is introduced.
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| Tarzan The Untamed |
BOOK: The Eternal Lover/Savage
CHARACTERS: Jane-Esmeralda-Tarzan's African estate. Jackie Clayton (Korak's son/Tarzan's grandson)-John Carter's great-nephew (the narrator) is introduced.
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| J. Allen St. John |
BOOK: Man Eater
CHARACTERS: Jane-Jervis.
CHARACTERS: Jane-Jervis.
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| The Man-Eater |
BOOK: Tarzan The Terrible
CHARACTERS: Jervis-Korak. Old Muviro is introduced.
CHARACTERS: Jervis-Korak. Old Muviro is introduced.
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| Tarzan The Terrible |
BOOK: Tarzan And The Golden Lion
CHARACTERS: Jane-Jervis-Korak-La-Old Muviro-Wairi warriors-Tarzan's African estate. Usula-Jad-bal-ja is introduced.
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| J. Allen St. John |
BOOK: Tarzan And The Ant Men
CHARACTERS: Korak-Meriem-Jackie-Usula-Jad-ba-jal.
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| J. Allen St. John |
BOOK: Tarzan And The Tarzan Twins
CHARACTERS: Jad-bal-ja-Warziri warriors-La (does not make an appearance but gets a mention). Young Muviro-Doctor Karl von Harben-Dick Clayton (kin to Tarzan on his father's side) is introduced.
CHAT: Tarzan And The Tarzan Twins is made up of two Tarzan novellas written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, the author, for young readers. The children's books were originally published as The Tarzan Twins, and The Tarzan Twins With Jad-bal-ja The Golden Lion. The two stories were integrated into one book, in 1963 under the title of Tarzan And The Tarzan Twins, in the first complete edition.
Although the two stories were written about six months apart the related events occur in the same time frame. The opening passage of Tarzan And The Tarzan Twins With Jad-bal-ja The Golden Lion specifies that its events occur immediately after those of The Tarzan Twins.
CHARACTERS: Jad-bal-ja-La-Cadj-Oparians-Doctor Karl von Harben.
DATE: must occur before the writing date of June or July 1927
BOOK: Tarzan Lord Of The Jungle
CHARACTERS: Jad-bal-ja-Young Muviro.
The two parts of the Tarzan Twins occur between Tarzan And The Ant Men and Tarzan, Lord Of The Jungle chronologically. The first novella, The Tarzan Twins, was published between these two novels. The second novella, Tarzan And The Tarzan Twins With Jad-bal-ja The Golden Lion confirms their placement in approximately this period as it introduces a family that figures prominently in Tarzan And The Lost Empire, the next book after Tarzan Lord Of The Jungle. Here we are informed of Tarzan's first meeting with Doctor Karl von Harben, with whom the ape-man is already acquainted in Tarzan And The Lost Empire.
Because Tarzan And The Tarzan Twins is a children's book, however, it is customarily omitted from listings of the main Tarzan series. I have chosen to include it in my 1872 chronology for three reasons.
- It was written by Edgar Rice Burroughs.
- It can easily be dated within the Tarzan series.
- The characters Doctor Karl von Harben and young Muviro also appear in other books of the Tarzan series.
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| Roy G. Krenkel |
BOOK: Tarzan Lord Of The Jungle
CHARACTERS: Jad-bal-ja-Young Muviro.
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| J. Allen St John |
BOOK: Tarzan And The Lost Empire
CHARACTERS: Jad-bal-ja-Young Muviro-Doctor Karl von Harben-Erich von Herben. Nkima is introduced.
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| Tarzan And The Lost Empire |
DATE: must occur before writing date December 6, 1928
BOOK: Tarzan At The Earth's Core
BOOK: Tarzan At The Earth's Core
CHARACTERS: Jad-bal-ja-Young Muviro-Waziri warriors-Nkima-Doctor von Harben-Erich von Herben.
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| J. Allen St. John |
BOOK: Tarzan The Invincible
CHARACTERS: Jad-bal-ja-Young Muviro-La-Nkima-To-yat-Ga-yet-Zu-tho (3 apes from Tarzan's old tribe).
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| J. Allen St. John |
BOOK: Tarzan Triumphant
CHARACTERS: Jad-bal-ja-Young Muviro-Nkima.
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| Studley Oldham Burroughs |
BOOK: Tarzan And The Leopard Men
CHARACTERS: Jad-bal-ja-Young Muviro-Nkima-Zu-tho-Ga-yat
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| J. Allen St John |
BOOK: Tarzan And The City Of Gold
CHARACTERS: Jud-bal-ja-Young Muviro-Nkima.
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| J. Allen St John |
Book: Tarzan And The Lion Man
Characters: Jad-bal-ja-Young Muviro-Nkima.
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| Tarzan And The Lion Man |
BOOK: Tarzan's Quest
CHARACTERS: Jane- Hazel Strong-Young Muviro-Nkima.
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| J. Allen St John |
BOOK: Tarzan The Magnificent
CHARACTERS: Young Muviro-Nkima.
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| J. Allen St John |
BOOK: Tarzan And The Forbidden City
Charyacters: Nkima-Paul D'Arnot. Gaun-Zutthe is introduced.
CHAT: Some 1888 chronologists from the past have tried to place Tarzan And The Forbidden City after The Return Of Tarzan because of Paul D'Arnot's reappearance. Although D'Arnot's reappearance certainly raises a mystery because of his age I can't follow this reasoning because Busuli, Mugambi, or Jervis do not appear in Tarzan And The Forbidden City. Also, Nkima is a central figure in Tarzan And The Forbidden City but he does not appear in The Return Of Tarzan or The Beasts Of Tarzan. The apes, Gaun and Zutthe, are mentioned in Tarzan And The Forbidden City and also in Tarzan And The Mad Man. Neither are mentioned in The Return Of Tarzan or The Beasts Of Tarzan.
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| John Coleman Clayton |
BOOK: Tarzan And The Mad Man
CHARACTERS: Nkima-Ga-un-Zu-tho.
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| Reed Crandall |
BOOK: Tarzan And The Castaways
CHAT: The first publication was by Canaveral Press in 1965. The book is made up of three previously published magazine stories. They are listed below.
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| Frank Frazetta |
BOOK: Tarzan And The Castaways / Tarzan And The The Jungle Murders
CHARACTERS: No past characters or locations.
CHAT: England declared war on Germany on September 3, 1939, chapter 3.
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| Thrilling Adventures |
DATE: must occur before the writing date of July 17, 1939
BOOK: Tarzan And The Castaways / Tarzan And The ChampionCHARACTERS: Nkima-Young Muviro-Warziri warriors.
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| Tarzan And The Champion |
DATE: must occur before the writing date of November 1940
BOOK: Tarzan And The Castaways / The Quest Of Tarzan
CHARACTERS: Nkima-Young Muviro-Waziri warriors.
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| Argosy Weekly |
BOOK: Tarzan And The Foreign Legion
CHARACTERS: No past characters or locations.
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| John Coleman Burroughs |
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
James Michael Moody is a lifelong fan and collector of Edgar Rice Burroughs. Over the past forty-five years, Moody has contributed over two hundred articles to various ERB-related fanzines. He also manages an unauthorized Tarzan blog titled Greystoke Chronologist: James Michael Moody. There, the researcher chronologizes the Tarzan books starting in May 1872 (known as the pushback theory) instead of the more accepted date, May 1888.
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| James Michael Moody |
James Michael Moody also the author of the action-packed Sci-Fi fantasy adventure Unium series. Pioneers On Unium, published December 31, 2019, Exiled On Unium, published August 25, 2022, and Swordsman On Unium, published on July 15, 2024.
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| James Michael Moody |
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